M'Ledge Moffett Collection: Home Economics Papers and Virginia Home Economics Association Documents, 1915-2009

Access and use

Location of collection:
Radford University
University Archives
McConnell Library
Radford University
P.O. Box 6881
801 East Main Street
Radford, VA 24142
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Bud Bennett
Phone: (540) 831-5694
Phone: (540) 831-5701

Summary

Extent:
1915-2009
Creator:
Virginia Home Economics Association
Abstract:
The M'Ledge Moffett Collection: Home Economics Papers and Virginia Home Economics Association Documents pertain to business of the Virginia Home Economics Association. In this collection, articles include documents associated with membership to the organization, documents that detail the founding of the association, and activities and budget information for the Virginia Home Economics Association. To see the full inventory of items see the Radford University Archive website at Radford Archives: VHEA
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Box 1 contains memberships forms, correspondence, a paper on the affiliations of the Virginia Economic Association, list of duties to create the association, membership lists, newspaper clippings, programs, and newsletters from 1926 to 1955.

Box 2 contains a large Black and Red Book, which is Item 1, and Folders 1-15 were the documents found within the book. The box contains a note on this collection, the Resume of the History of the Virginia Home Economics Association 1909 - 1954, home economic section and regional meeting reports, documents on temporary committees, the association's constitution and preamble, membership applications and fees, correspondence, newsletter, and a report on the associations status and the achievements they had met.

Also in Box 2 are a list of home economic teachers, lists on possible members of the association and graduates and students of the home economic program, Home Economic education report, a completion certificate from 2009, and a black notebook. The black notebook in Folder 8 contained treasurer reports from 1922 to 1925, a copy of the Resume, 1922 budget report, list of affiliated clubs, newsletters, meeting report, and membership lists of 1924 to 1925.

Biographical / historical:

Mrs. Mary E. Dillard and Miss Frances Sale, from the State Normal and Industrial School, started the Virginia Home Economics Association (VHEA) in 1909. Mrs. Dillard was named President and Miss Sale was Vice President of the home economics section created form the Virginia Teachers Association, later known as the Virginia Educational Association. The first section meeting of the VHEA was November 29, 1911 and there were 29 members.The organization had its first regional meeting in March 1915 at Radford and established a constitution and purpose. The VHEA's purpose was to promote interest in home economics in Southwest Virginia, to study current home economics pedagogy, and to identify VHEA with the state and national Home Economics Association and to cooperate with Women's Clubs. In 1930, the Virginia Home Economics Association separated from the Virginia Educational Association. The annual meeting topics are listed in the Resume document from 1931 to 1954 and emphasize what was important for the Home Economic Association to create a program for. Based on the Resume of the History of the Virginia Home Economics Association 1909 - 1954 found in the collection.

M'Ledge Moffett (1892-1969)was the youngest and only member of faculty for the department of Household Arts at what is now Radford University at its founding in 1913. In 1920, she was appointed the first Dean Of Women, a position she held until her retirement in 1962. M'Ledge was a founding member of the VHEA . She was president of that organization for the year 1915-1916 and again for the year 1925-1926. In 1925, M'Ledge Moffett changed the fiscal year and the constitution to conform to the National Association. To see Moffett's full biography consult the biographical/historical note of the finding aid of this collection.

Arrangement:

Box 1. Virginia Home Ec. Association, 1924-1955

Box 2 The Black and Red Book

Physical location:
Locked in compact shelving, level 1, shelf 19E.
Physical description:
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